Virgil's Aeneid

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Author: Virgil

ISBN-10: 0140449329

ISBN-13: 9780140449327

Category: Ancient Roman Poetry

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Translated with an Introduction by David West.Bernard M. W. KnoxA brilliant translation; the only one since Dryden which reads like English verse and conveys some of the majesty and pathos of the original.

Introduction     1Map: The Voyages of Aeneas     42Virgil: The AeneidSafe Haven After Storm     47The Final Hours of Troy     74Landfalls, Ports of Call     103The Tragic Queen of Carthage     127Funeral Games for Anchises     153The Kingdom of the Dead     182Beachhead in Latium, Armies Gather     213The Shield of Aeneas     241Enemy at the Gates     266Captains Fight and Die     293Camilla's Finest Hour     324The Sword Decides All     355NotesTranslator's Postscript     387Genealogy: The Royal Houses of Greece and Troy     404Suggestions for Further Reading     406Variants from the Oxford Classical Text     410Notes on the Translation     411Pronouncing Glossary     424